Netflix' Rachel Dolezal documentary looks positively painful

Like it or not, a Rachel Dolezal documentary is coming to a small screen near you.

The Rachel Divide, which premieres on Netflix April 27, is an in-depth look at the former leader of the NAACP's Spokane branch, who became a national news story when she was exposed for faking her black ancestry and identifying as "trans-black."

Netflix released the first clip from The Rachel Divide this week, and if the two minutes of footage is any indication, it's going to be a difficult watch. In the clip, Dolezal haggles with her son Franklin about her reasons for doing the documentary and staying in the spotlight..

"Why didn't you just let it go away?" he asks, as she attempts an answer about redeeming herself in the public eye. "This is gonna affect more than just your life."

The documentary is directed by filmmaker Laura Brownson, who explained her motivations for telling Dolezal's story in an interview with Vulture.

“In making the film, I came to a deeper understanding of the raw nerve that Rachel hits in our society, but I also learned that her motivations to identify as she does are far more complicated than most realize,” she said. “Regardless of how people feel about Rachel, I hope the film will challenge audiences to think more deeply about race and identity in America.”

Rachel Dolezal, former president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, released a memoir Tuesday.(Photo: Colin Mulvany, AP)